The wheels of justice grind infinitely slowly, but grind they do, even if it’s almost a year after p.c. Delroy Smellie (and his fat beer belly) were caught on camera backhanding a female protestor. Don’t pay too much attention to how BBC News frames the issue in the article linked above, with its emphasis on how the victim wasn’t able to attent the trial. After all, Smellie was caught in the act, there are plenty of witness statements and there is little need to subject the poor woman he assaulted to further stress, other than for intimidation purposes…